[Barbara92021]

I've never heard of dew claws just falling out of a dog's paws!!! Have any of you? My Ginger turned 2yo in Oct/07 and so was I ever surprised this afternoon when I felt her dew claw way too low in her fur!! I had my grdtr hold her while I did an upclose inspection and sure enuf, it was caught in her body fur, not in her leg. When I looked at where it was supposed to be, there was a black nubby there - no blood, no rip, nothing that looked like an injury.

Out of curiosity, I looked to her other paw and the dew claw was missing and the black nubby was the same. I found the dew claw stuck in her fur in the same place as the other side.

Then I looked to the back legs and there are 2 black nubbies there, too but I am pretty sure the breeder took the back dew claws out when she was a baby. It was definitely one set or the other - back is what I am almost 100% sure about.

Anyway, there is no injury - both nubbies look really good! I will be checking with the vet tomorrow but just had to come here to see what anyone knows about this. I tried a Google search but that was to no avail.

Any answer to this will be greatly appreciated!